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In both Adelaide and Melbourne, the men’s events are outranked by the women.

With so many top-10 players in Adelaide for the WTA 500, the men are sort of second stage.

And with two WTA events at Melbourne Park compared to one for the men, it’s a similar situation. Except the men’s event has Rafael Nadal. So there’s that.

ATP Cup – Day 3 Final Results

WTA Down Under – Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 final results

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Adelaide International 1
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Category: ATP 250 (Joint event with the WTA Tour)
Dates: Jan. 3, 2022
Prize money: $600,000
Draws: S28 – D24

Monday, Jan. 3, 2022
Final results

Singles, first round

[7] Laslo Djere (SRB) def Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 75 76 (1)
[8] Soonwoo Kwon (KOR) def. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 61 62

Steve Johnson (USA) def [WC] Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) 64 26 64
Thiago Monteiro (BRA) def Daniel Altmaier (GER) 62 36 76 (2)

Doubles, first round

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) / Hugo Nys (MON) def. [WC] Alex Bolt / Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) 62 76 (8)
Marton Fucsovics (HUN) / Tommy Paul (USA) def. Gianluca Mager / Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 63 62
Nicholas Monroe / Frances Tiafoe (USA) def. Hunter Reese (USA) / Sem

Treat Huey (PHI) / Frederik Nielsen (DEN) vs. Alex Lawson (USA) / Jiri Vesely (CZE)

Qualifying, final round

(1st-round opponents in brackets)

[7] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) def. [4] Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 76 (3) 76 (5) (Gianluca Mager)
[6] Taro Daniel (JPN) def [1] Oscar Otte (GER) 76 (5) 62 (Lorenzo Musetti)
[3] Egor Gerasimov (BLR) def. [5] Radu Albot (MDA) 63 06 62 ([5] Marton Fucsovics)
[2] Holger Rune (DEN) def [8] Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 62 63 (Corentin Moutet)

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Melbourne Summer Set
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Category: ATP Tour 250
Dates: Jan. 4 – 9, 2022
Prize money: $TBD
Draws: S28 – D24

Monday, Jan. 3, 2022
Final results
Qualifying, first round

[3] Sebastian Baez (ARG) def. [WC] Marc Polmans (AUS) 75 62
[6] Ricardas Berankis (LTU) def Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 64 62
[1] Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) [ALT] Altug Celikbilek (TUR) def. Norbert Gombos (SVK) 64 64
[8] Maxime Cressy (USA) def. Joao Sousa (POR) 62 63
[WC] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) def [7] Denis Kudla (USA) 61 75
[2] Henri Laaksonen (SUI) def Jozef Kovalik (SVK) 64 62
[5] Andreas Seppi (ITA) def. Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 64 76 (3)
[4] Marco Cecchinato (ITA) [ALT] Andrea Vavassori (ITA) def. Lucas Pouille (FRA) 67 (3) 76 (5) 63